Changing the Global Environment
：Perspectives on Human Involvement
Publication subTitle ：Perspectives on Human Involvement
Author： Botkin Daniel B.;Caswell Margriet F.;Estes John E.
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2013
E-ISBN: 9781483260655
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780121187309
Subject： X2 Social and Environment
Keyword： 社会科学理论与方法论,经济计划与管理
Language： ENG
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Description
Changing the Global Environment: Perspectives on Human Involvement focuses on the extent of global environmental changes and the extent to which technology can be employed to improve the global environment.
This book is divided into three sections. Section I sets forth a broad perspective on specific conceptual issues of concern such as the sustainable use of the global ocean; deforestation and extinction of species; large-scale alteration of biological productivity due to transported pollutants; and soil degradation and conversion of tropical rainforests. The second section discusses technologies of remote sensing, computer-based data systems, and advanced chemical analytical techniques. The interactions among social, environmental, and economic goals and the role that technological advances might play in attaining these goals are deliberated in Section III.
This publication is valuable to environmentalists and students interested in how technologies can change man’s perception of the environment.